DeFi Risk Engineer
8.0/10
ether.fi
$130,000 – $150,000 USD
Remote
mid
25 days ago
cryptodefiweb3PythonTypeScript
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Description
What you'll do
- •Conduct comprehensive risk assessments of DeFi protocols including smart contract audit reviews, economic attack vectors, and governance risks
- •Build sophisticated liquidity analysis tools to predict slippage, market impact, and establish position limits across protocols
- •Design and deploy 24/7 automated monitoring systems tracking health factors, collateralization ratios, and liquidation thresholds
- •Develop real-time alerting infrastructure with sub-minute latency for critical risk events and automated escalation paths
- •Partner with the vault engineers and execution team to integrate risk controls into deployment strategies
Conditions
- •Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and token allocation grant
- •Opportunity to work with a well-funded startup managing $1B+ from day one
- •Direct impact on institutional DeFi adoption and cutting-edge yield strategies
- •Exposure to the latest DeFi protocols and risk management innovations
- •Flexibility to shape risk practices at a ground-floor opportunity
Requirements
- •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, or related field
- •3+ years of experience in DeFi, traditional finance risk management, or quantitative trading
- •Deep understanding of DeFi primitives: lending protocols, AMMs, perpetuals, yield aggregators, and liquidation mechanics
- •Proficiency in Python/TypeScript for risk modeling and automation, with experience querying blockchain data
- •Strong quantitative background with ability to model complex risk scenarios and build production monitoring systems
- •Independence and ownership mindset - ability to architect solutions with minimal guidance in a fast-paced startup
- •Excellent communication skills to interface with technical teams and explain risk to stakeholders
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